Urban nuclei and the geometry of streets: The 'emergent neighborhoods' model

Urban Design International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-46

  Mehaffy, Michael ^a,b   Porta, Sergio ^b   Rofè, Yodan ^c   Salingaros, Nikos ^d  

^a Structura Naturalis Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Thoroughfare; Urban model; Urban morphology; Urban nucleus

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; SPACING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 77950787894     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2009.26     Document Type: Article

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